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OTTAWA -- Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential election in November. Dr. Joanne Langley, the task force co-chair, and member Alan Bernstein say they are concerned about "vaccine hesitancy" in Canada, the phenomenon where people have doubts about taking a readily available vaccine because of concerns about its safety. Source

TORONTO -- Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has been a U.S. president unlike any other. Supporters often describe him as a no-nonsense politician who speaks his mind and doesn’t care about political correctness, while critics see his brash nature as evidence of his incompetence or, worse, flashy distractions from harmful policies. Source

Taiwan's air force scrambled jets for a second consecutive day on Saturday as multiple Chinese aircraft approached the island and crossed the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait, with the island's government urging Beijing to "pull back from the edge. Source

Early voting for the U.S. election opened in four states on Friday, and the crowds at one polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, were massive. “So this is a big turnout,” said one voter, wearing a black face mask. Source

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just over six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates. Source

LIMA, PERU -- Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra's job went on the line Friday as opposition lawmakers pushed through an impeachment hearing criticized as a hasty and poorly timed ouster attempt in one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Source

Six months ago, cross-border health-care worker Torry Robertson of LaSalle, Ont., contracted COVID-19 — leading to renal failure, a super bug, bacterial pneumonia and almost 40 days connected to a ventilator. Following his COVID-19 diagnosis in late March, Torry spent a total of seven weeks in the intensive care unit, eight weeks in hospital and an additional eight weeks rehabbing at Windsor Regional Hospital. Source

VANCOUVER -- DoorDash is apologizing after a food delivery driver working for the company was caught on camera stealing a package from a customer's doorstep in Surrey, B.C. Thursday. Geraldine Paz posted security camera footage of the incident on her Facebook page. Source

Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships thrown onto dry land. Source

Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships thrown onto dry land. Source